🎉 #Rstats 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚋𝚘𝚗𝚎 3.0.0 is now available on CRAN to help with #NetworkScience.

𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚋𝚘𝚗𝚎 transforms a dense or weighted network into a sparse, unweighted one. Version 3.0.0 is completely re-written, with lots of new features...

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CC: @insna.bsky.social @netscisociety.bsky.social

(No) Labor Day

I tried asking Google whether "Ego Network" and "Personal Network" are the same or different. Apparently order matters:

Personal vs. Ego - Google thinks they're the same

Ego vs. Personal - Google thinks they're different

Ironic that transit from #NetSci2025 @netsciconf.bsky.social is disrupted due to failure of a high-betweenness node.

One of the most important lessons in the #NetSci2025 software satellite: “Your package is as maintainable as its least maintainable dependency.” - @arash.network

We'll get started at 9am with a group discussion of best practices for sharing network data.

Come share your perspective and experiences!

Going to #NetSci2025 next week? Check out the satellite on "Software and Data for Supporting Network Science"

Hear some great short talks & get involved:
▪️ Discussion on sharing data
▪️ Discussion on standards for describing data
▪️ Interactive software fair

Complete details at netsci.nascol.net

𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐒

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐧
"𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬"

Do you use a classroom activity to help students understand networks? Share it with others in Connections!

Submit your abstract (up to 300 words) to zpneal@msu.edu by 15 September 2025

Interested in the intersection of #OpenScience and #NetworkScience? Check out the new @insna.bsky.social Recommendations for Sharing Network Data and Materials.

Read the recommendations 👉 www.zacharyneal.com/datasharing

Endorse the recommendations 👉 forms.gle/sgpjyUnkufJF...

Here's a quick visualization of the network of speakers with statistically significant numbers of event co-appearances, created using R library(backbone). Code: github.com/zpneal/zpnea...

First pizza of 2025 is a San Marzano marinara with burrata & arugula. Will definitely be making this variation again.

Edna’s black bean & corn soup from the @ranchogordo.bsky.social #vegetarian kitchen cookbook is a keeper! The bean cooking liquid, tomato sauce, and olive oil make for a really rich broth.

www.ranchogordo.com/blogs/recipe...

There are recipes for Christmas movies!

@jennawneal.bsky.social & I coded 31 tropes in 118 movies, then extracted the backbone of the bipartite projection. Tropes are connected if they occur in the same movies.

Code & Data: github.com/zpneal/xmas_...
Backbone: www.zacharyneal.com/backbone
#NetSci

Using up the last handful of @ranchogordo.bsky.social King City Pinks & Buckeye #beans, with roasted multi-color cauliflower & a drizzle of lemon olive oil.

#vegetarian #vegan #ItsColdOut